Sanitary toilet-seat covering.



G. K. NAKASHIMA. SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVERING.- APPLICATION FILED 00127, 19l6.

lt fififi m 2a., Patented Jan. 15,1918.

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GEORGE E. NA'KASHIMA, 0F STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY TOILET-SEAT COVERTNG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11.5,

Application filed Uctober 2?, 1916. Serial No. 128,026.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Grnoncn K. NARA- SHIMA, a subject of Japan, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful llmprovements in Sanitary Toilet- Seat Coverings; and ll do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in toilets and is particularly designed to cover the improved seat of a toilet which will render the toilet capable of universal use without danger of infection.

The aim of the invention is to produce a sanitary disinfected paper covering for the seat which can be used and then discarded each time the toilet is used by any person.

A still further object is to provide the sanitary papers so conveniently arranged that they may be always at hand and may be readily and easily slipped over the seat and at the same time held in the proper position to keep the seat entirely covered.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly eflective for the. purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a toilet showing my improved seat covers in connection therewith.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View showing the turnable guide rings on the edge of the toilet seat.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the toilet, the numeral 2 the hinged seat thereon having the usual opening 3, while the numeral 4 designates the hinged cover for such seat.

My improved sanitary seat covers embody sanitary disinfecting sheets 5 made of paper or other material found adaptable and are shaped substantially the same as the seat 2 and provided with substantially simi lar openings 6.

In practice a large number of these papers,

say one hundred or more, are engaged with a hook 7 arranged above 'the toilet. The lower ends of the sheets are provided with orifices 8 which are arranged to he slipped over parallel rods or bars 9. These bars 9 bend downwardly and are provided with curved lower ends 10 which project through rings 11. These rings 11 are turnably mounted on the sides of the seat 2 by any desired means. As an example of how this can be done, see Fig. 2, wherein the ring 11 is turnable around the pin 12 which is fastened in the edge of the seat 2 and is provided with a cross head 13 to hold the ring 11 thereon.

When the seat 2 is to be used a person who is using same disengages one of the papers 5 from the hook 7 and guides it down over the rods 9 to fit properly over the seat 2. These rods 9 cause the sheet 5v to remain in fixed position on the seat and also hold it to keep it from shifting to improper position.

As can readily be seen, this paper 5 being entirely sanitary and disinfected, it

holds the body of the user of the toilet away from direct contact with the toilet so that the liability of contraction of diseases by infection is greatly lessened. When the user is through with the toilet he tears ofif the paper and destroys it by flushing it down the toilet or otherwise.

When the seat is to be raised the rods 9 slip through the rings 11 and the rings 11 turn to allow of the said lifting motion. The curved ends 10 prevent the rods 9 from becoming disengaged from the rings 11 when not desired. The rods 9 are spaced a sufficient distance apart so that the seat cover 4 may be moved downwardly to cover the seat at will.

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that l have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to til as do not form a departure from the spirit the seat, means for suspending the papers of the invention as defined by the appended above the seat, rods for guiding the papers 10 claim. onto the seat, rings turnably mounted on the Having thus described my invention what edge of the seat, the rods being slidably pro- 5 I claim as new and useful and desire to jected through the rings.

secure by Letters Patent is: In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

The combination with a toilet seat, of

a plurality of sanitary papers shaped to fit GEORGE K. NAKASHIMA. 

